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Genre | Comedy, Art House & International |
Format | Multiple Formats, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Dolby, Widescreen |
Contributor | Rufus Sewell, Freddie Jones, Sheila Burrell, Joanna Lumley, Malcolm Bradbury, John Schlesinger, Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Fry, Ian McKellen See more |
Initial release date | 2013-04-02 |
Language | English |
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From Academy Award®-winning director John Schlesinger comes a brilliantly witty film. Starring Kate Beckinsale (Pearl Harbor) as Flora Poste, a London society girl, and Joanna Lumley (Absolutely Fabulous) as Flora's friend and mentor, this heartwarming comedy is full of charm and clever satire. Recently orphaned, Flora ignores the sage advice of Mrs. Smiley (Lumley) and moves to the country to live on a decrepit farm with her eccentric relatives. Fancying herself a writer, Flora encounters perfect material for her novel in the humorously odd collection of rural characters. In her own inimitable way, Flora insists on creating order out of their chaos, and in the process, she fills their lives with light and laughter. Also starring Rufus Sewell (A Knight's Tale), Ian McKellen (Lord of the Rings), Stephen Fry (Peter's Friends) and Eileen Atkins.
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 0.01 ounces
- Item model number : 1022649
- Director : John Schlesinger
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Subtitled, Dolby, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Release date : April 2, 2013
- Actors : Eileen Atkins, Kate Beckinsale, Sheila Burrell, Stephen Fry, Freddie Jones
- Dubbed: : Spanish
- Subtitles: : French
- Producers : John Schlesinger
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)
- Studio : Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B00009IB1D
- Writers : Malcolm Bradbury
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #8,673 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #950 in Comedy (Movies & TV)
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Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2023
This is a quirky movie. I started reading the book and could not understand the lingo! so I decided to rent this first. When I went back to read I had the conversations down and understood the premise.
I have to say first and foremost that this movie is from a book by the same name. Stella Gibbons was the Author and she wrote this in 1932. Her humor is BEYOND funny, if possible- dry and off beat. The intro to the book is hysterical and gives you a hint of the woman behind the story.
The movie is almost word for word according to the book...
Flora, about 23 years of age is from London. Without a job and only 100 pounds a year to live on, she decides to 'visit' and 'live off of' some relatives for a short while. Her criteria for picking these relatives require that they be in desperate need of change in their lives. Flora was good at helping people with change and felt she was doing a good deed by accomplishing this task, for Flora did not like anything out of sorts. She knew JUST how to fix and direct others in the way they should live and behave. When Flora accomplished this good deed she was satisfied and all was well!
Flora finds herself in Sussex at her relatives farm... Cold Comfort Farm- but this is no ordinary farm for the Starkadders live here, and there has ALWAYS been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm...
As you can imagine this film is filled with oddball characters with oddball names and ALL of them are terrified of their Aunt Ada who rules the roost!
Flora tends to all the characters in her loving sensible way in which mayhem and bizarre and silly humor abounds. This is a fast and fun movie with a feel good ending. I could easily see this becoming a cult film because of repeated lines, silly names and colorful characters.
Made for television, but released in the theaters, Cold Comfort Farm surpassed the projected outcome for this film. You might be surprised by the well known actors in this movie and some actors who have bit parts. They all do a superb job.
I would definitely have English subtitles when watching for the first time because Cold Comfort Farm language can be hard to decipher.
Definitely a movie I will watch again and again and those movies are hard to find- humor, decent language, fun characters, great actors... a good story!
And for those reviewers who complained that they just didn’t get this movie: You really need to pay close attention to this movie, which means NO distractions like texting, talking, actively doing two things at once, etc. The very beginning of this movie is important to watch because it will be referred to again and again throughout the movie, which is what makes it funny. The British slang words are hard to grasp at first, but they are repeated so often by the characters that you’ll begin to understand what they mean in context. There is plenty of dry humor in this British comedy, but if you’re not giving it your full attention, you’ll miss the real plot of this movie and end up feeling lost and confused.
Any preconceived notions she may have embraced regarding rural Britain soon dissipate. The stage is set with the arrival of two dirt covered louts arriving at the train station in order to provide transportation back to Cold Comfort Farm. The sight of a terribly neglected farm and it's unkempt residents only serve to overwhelm her. The cast of characters are indeed characters with each being a bit stranger than the other. Our newly installed house guest will need some time in adjusting to the dilipidated farm and those who call the place home. Soon acclimated to her her surroundings, our spunky heroine will soon begin to work her "magic" and ever so slowly, life at Cold Comfort Farm will begin to change. Long over due, it'a a change for the better.
A strange sort of hope and pride (where neither previously existed) begins to emerge. Our heroine, through quiet manipulation begins to instill a sense of pride in each of the odd band of rural misfits. With the "old ways" now making way for the "new", the farm folk each receive the encouragement they need to pursue their dreams and they do!
This comedy set in the 1920's, this is a delightful film. Buy it, neither your time or money will be wasted. A must see!
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Eigentlich aber sind Film und Romanvorlage eine urwitzige und sehr geschickt gemachte Parodie auf britische Romanklassiker, denn auf der düsteren "Cold Comfort Farm" scheinen sich alle Stereotype dieser Bücher zusammengefunden zu haben und führen dabei ein seltsames, aber gar nicht mal so schlechtes Dasein. Woran die nüchtern-patente Londonerin Flora natürlich aber noch einiges zu verbessern sieht, damit die skurrilen Figuren ihren Weg in die moderne Zeit finden.
Kurz zur Handlung:
Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern entdeckt Flora, dass sie irgendwo auf dem Lande im Sussex noch entfernte Verwandte hat, bei denen sie gern ein paar Monate unterschlüpfen will. Die Starkadders stellen sich aber als noch verrückter, sorry, exzentrischer heraus als der sehr bizarr formulierte Einladungsbrief vermuten ließ.
Die Großmutter Ada lebt seit Jahrzehnten auf dem Dachboden und terrorisiert von dort aus den Rest der Familie, da sie als Kind "etwas Schreckliches im Holzschuppen gesehen hat". (Ms Havisham mit Familie)
Mutter Judith verehrt ihren Sohn Seth wie einen Halbgott und gibt sich ansonsten ganz ihren melancholischen Betrachtungen über ihre eigenen Verfehlungen und die Schlechtigkeit der Welt an sich hin. (Eine durchgeknallte Nelly Dean mit etwas von Bertha Mason)
Seth ist ein sexsüchtiger Frauentyp von der Sorte "düsterer Held" mit eingeschränktem Wortschatz und einem Faible für Hollywoodfilme. (Der typische Verführer aus den Thomas Hardy-Romanen mit einer Prise Heathcliff in nett)
Reuben, der ältere, missachtete Sohn, lebt nur für die Farm. Seine Farm. (Hareton. Mehr muss man nicht sagen.)
Vater Amos ist ein begeisterter Laienprediger, der in seinen endlosen Ansprachen nur ein Thema kennt - die ewige Verdammnis und zwar für alle! (Joseph. Pur.)
Elfin versteht sich als naives Naturkind, das mit Bäumen und Tieren spricht, bis sie sich in den Sohn der reichen Nachbarn verliebt. (Die Naive aus Thomas Hardy Romanen und etwas von Cathy Earnshaw)
Adam, der Farmgehilfe, der "den Laden am Laufen" hält und lieber mit Zweigen abwäscht, weil er den hübschen Spülmob nicht in schmutziges Wasser tunken will. (Joe aus "Great Expectations")
Wie man mit diesem Personal eine schwarz-humorige Geschichte erzählen und das ganze auch noch zu einem überraschenden Ende bringen kann, sollte man sich unbedingt selbst ansehen. Alles weiter wäre zuviel verraten.